Posts in Story Telling
MENTORING THE NEXT GENERATION OF INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS

“Patch these cables into the front of this rack. Everything is color-coded, so it's pretty straightforward.”

The young lady smiled big, and her eyes lit up as I handed her some audio cables to accompany my instructions. In that instant, I could see all the emotions on her face; surprised that I had asked her to help me, excited for the opportunity to be involved, and a little nervous about being given the responsibility.

  This exchange happened recently at a show I did in Glasgow. The venue had implemented a job shadowing program with the local audio school to give aspiring live sound engineers real-world experience. And I didn’t waste any time putting this person to work.

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Audio, Front of House Audio, Production Management, Story Telling, Touring, MentoringLucas MeekTour Manager, Touring Production, Mentoring
TOUR LAG: THE DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED WHEN RETURNING HOME FROM TOUR

At eight in the morning, incoherent and not fully aware of where I was, I reached over to hit snooze on my alarm clock. The room was dark, the bed was warm, and I was nowhere near ready to wake up. So, ten minutes later, another snooze. I repeated this cycle for the next hour until my alarm gave up. I don’t remember any of it, but I didn't get out of bed until eleven thirty, so I have to assume that’s how it all went down. My thought process when setting the alarm the night before went like this:

  • Get a solid eight hours of sleep.

  • Wake up well rested.

  • Get a head start on initiating a new morning routine.

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Eating Healthy, Production Management, Schedule and Routine, Story Telling, Tour Bus, Tour Management, Touring, TravelLucas MeekTouring Lessons Learned, Tour Manager, Touring Production, Touring, Healthy Touring, End of tour
THE REALITIES AND STRUGGLES OF POST QUARANTINE TOURING

By August 2020, the world began to resemble a zombie apocalypse movie. In the parking lot of every tour bus company, weeds had forced themselves through cracks in the pavement. Without vehicles coming and going, there was nothing to stunt their growth.

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Production Management, Story Telling, Tour Management, Touring, Travel, Touring LogisticsLucas MeekTouring Lessons Learned, Tour Manager, Touring Production, Tour Management, Touring